Pennsylvania 1818 House of Representatives, Philadelphia County

Office:: House of Representatives (State)
Title:: State Representative
Jurisdiction:: State

Label:: Pennsylvania 1818 House of Representatives, Philadelphia County
Date:: 1818
State:: Pennsylvania
Type:: General
Iteration:: First Ballot
Office/Role:: House of Representatives/State Representative
Candidates:: John Holmes, William Weaver, Richard F. Bowers, Nathan Jones, Jacob Souder, Robert MacMullin, Robert Carr, James Dyre, George F. Goodman, William Binder, Andrew French, Joel B. Sutherland, John MacLeod

Candidates:	John Holmes [1]	William Weaver [2]	Richard F. Bowers [3]	Nathan Jones [4]	Jacob Souder [5]	Robert MacMullin [6]	Robert Carr	James Dyre	George F. Goodman	William Binder	Andrew French	Joel B. Sutherland	John MacLeod
Affiliation:	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Republican	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Federalist	Republican	Republican
Final Result: [7][8][9][10]	2505	2503	2500	2477	2487	2102	2084	2080	2064	2069	1949	1665	807
Philadelphia County	2505	2503	2500	2477	2487	2102	2084	2080	2064	2069	1949	1665	807
District of Blockley and Kingsessing	118	118	118	112	118	106	101	104	107	106	106	64	33
Blockley	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kingsessing	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bristol	46	46	46	46	46	34	34	34	34	34	34	1	45
Bustleton[11][12]	191	184	184	185	183	117	106	114	120	117	113	121	55
Germantown	247	253	249	248	249	59	60	58	57	57	54	64	162
District of Kensington[13]	320	320	328	318	319	198	199	199	198	193	199	303	-
Moyamensing[14]	117	117	116	105	116	62	64	61	60	61	58	105	12
Northern Liberties[15]	761	763	759	765	757	822	822	820	794	808	821	645	43
Ward East	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ward West	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oxford	80	76	75	76	76	131	131	123	130	129	129	-	77
Penn[16]	144	144	142	143	142	153	152	150	152	153	149	119	18
Roxborough	92	92	92	92	92	24	23	23	24	24	25	5	87
District of Southwark and Passyunk[17][18]	389	390	391	387	389	396	392	394	388	387	261	238	275
District of Southwark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Passyunk	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Notes:

[1]Elected.

[2]Elected.

[3]Elected.

[4]Elected.

[5]Elected.

[6]Elected.

[7]The October 17th edition of the The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA), the October 19th edition of the Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA), and the October 15th edition of the Aurora reported early returns which were updated in later publications. The early returns total 2505 votes for John Holmes, 2505 votes for William Weaver, 2501 votes for Richard F. Bowers, 2485 votes for Jacob Souder, 2476 votes for Nathan Jones, 2102 votes for Robert MacMullin, 2084 votes for Robert Carr, 2080 votes for James Dyre, 2054 votes for George F. Goodman, 1969 votes for William Binder, 1954 votes for Andrew French, 1674 votes for Joel B. Sutherland, and 769 votes for John MacLeod.

[8]The Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA) lists 2497 for Jacob Souder and 837 for John MacLeod.

[9]The Democratic Press lists 2501 votes for Richard F. Bowers, 2476 for Nathan Jones, 2485 for Jacob Souder, 2088 for James Dyre, 2054 for George F. Goodman, 2068 for William Binder, 1969 for Andrew French, 1674 for Joel B. Sutherland, and 769 for John MacLeod.

[10]The American Daily Advertiser lists 2487 votes for Nathan Jones.

[11]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) lists 113 votes for James Dyre.

[12]The Democratic Press and the Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) list these returns as being from "L. Dub., Byb. and Moreland."

[13]The Democratic Press and the Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) list these returns as being from the "Unincorporated Northern Liberties."

[14]The Democratic Press and the Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) list 165 votes for Nathan Jones and 69 votes for George F. Goodman.

[15]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) lists 760 votes for William Weaver, 763 for Richard F. Bowers, 755 for Jacob Souder, 754 for Nathan Jones, 655 for Joel B. Sutherland, and 826 for Andrew French.

[16]The Democratic Press and the Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) list 159 votes for James Dyre.

[17]The Democratic Press lists 276 for John MacLeod.

[18]The Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA) lists 237 votes for Joel B. Sutherland.

References:

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1818.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 14, 1818.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1818.

Aurora. General Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 15, 1818.

The Berks and Schuylkill Journal (Reading, PA). October 17, 1818.

The Democratic Press (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1818.

Franklin Gazette (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1818.

Poulson's American Daily Advertiser (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1818.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 17, 1818.

Lancaster Journal (Lancaster, PA). October 19, 1818.

The Union. United States Gazette and True American (Philadelphia, PA). October 21, 1818.

The Intelligencer, and Weekly Advertiser (Lancaster, PA). October 24, 1818.

Der Readinger Adler (Reading, PA). October 27, 1818.

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